These three violin concertos were all commissioned by Renaud Capuçon, a staunch supporter of contemporary music. The pieces, and the performances of them, date from between 2012 and 2015 and are of diverse origins, and it says something for Capuçon that he elicited music that hangs together from the three diverse composers with whom he worked closely in creating this music. Even with the single-movement structure of Wolfgang Rihm's Gedicht des Malers and Bruno Mantovani's Jeux d'eau, versus the conventional three movements ...
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These three violin concertos were all commissioned by Renaud Capuçon, a staunch supporter of contemporary music. The pieces, and the performances of them, date from between 2012 and 2015 and are of diverse origins, and it says something for Capuçon that he elicited music that hangs together from the three diverse composers with whom he worked closely in creating this music. Even with the single-movement structure of Wolfgang Rihm's Gedicht des Malers and Bruno Mantovani's Jeux d'eau, versus the conventional three movements of Pascal Dusapin's Aufgang, the three works share a lyrical mood, a modern, broadly atonal language, brilliant virtuoso treatment of the violin, rich contrapuntal writing in the orchestra, and an orientation toward past musical models. That orientation is clearest in the work of Mantovani (who is not related to the famed easy listening conductor, but admires him); Jeux d'eau, meaning fountains, but also the elusive concept of water games, is an image that has fascinated composers...
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